Testing effects of free recall on organization in whole/part and part/whole transfer

Bacso, Sarah A.; Marmurek, Harvey H. C.

doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2016.10.001

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“…Our follow-up control experiment showed that this anterograde memory effect was also time-dependent and thus required a (re)consolidation process. One possibility is that the anterograde strengthening of memory reflects a test effect see refs 54 and 55 . However, again, the reminder did not explicitly test episodic memory, but did enhance memory and not merely protect against forgetting, and generalized to non-cued items.…”

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A reminder before extinction strengthens episodic memory via reconsolidation but fails to disrupt generalized threat responses

Kroes

Dunsmoor

Lin

et al. 2017

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A reminder can temporarily renew flexibility of consolidated memories, referred to as reconsolidation. Pavlovian threat-conditioning studies suggest that a reminder can renew flexibility of threat responses but that episodic memories remain stable. In contrast, outside the threat-conditioning domain, studies testing memory for word lists or stories find that a reminder can renew flexibility of episodic memory. This discrepancy in findings leaves it unclear if episodic memories reconsolidate, or only Pavlovian responses. Here we unite the different approaches in the field and show that a reminder can retroactively strengthen episodic memory for Pavlovian threat-conditioned events, but that, in contrast to threat-conditioning studies with simple sensory stimuli, extinction after a reminder fails to prevent recovery of generalized threat responses. Our results indicate the episodic memories also reconsolidate, allowing strengthening of relevant memories. These findings also suggest that generalized threat responses and episodic memories are less susceptible to be modified by reminder-interventions procedures.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%